Sinhalese jñána (95)
Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary says Sinhalese word jñána refers to “wisdom, knowledge in general, specific and religious knowledge.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root kaṇ through the transformation of kaṇ > jñā > jñāna > jñána. The following words, related to Sinhalese jñána, also originate from kaṇ.
jña, “one who knows; name of the planet Mercury; wise.” jñapta, see jñapita. jñapti, “understanding, wisdom, comprehension; exercise of the intellectual faculties.” jñapita, “taught, learned, well informed; expounded, made known.” jñáta, “known.” jñánagamya, “(wisdom, attainable) attainable by knowledge.” jñána-garjaná, “praise or fame of wisdom or knowledge.” jñána-darṣana, “insight by knowledge.” jñána-dίpa, “lamp of knowledge.” jñánawanta, “wise, knowing; prudent, cautious.” jñána-vijñána, “sacred and profane knowledge.” jñánί, “wise or learned man, a literary character; sage, but particularly one skilled in astronomy and the powers of the planetary system over the affairs and destinies of men; astrologer; fortune-teller, man prescient of future events.” jñánéndriya, “organ of perception.” jñápti and jnápanas, “making known, informing.” jñéya, “part, to be known, what may or ought to be known.” ajña, “stupid, ignorant.” ajñáta, “unknown.” ajñána, “(knowledge) foolish, stupid, ignorant, unwise.” ajñánayá, “fool, idiot, ignorant person.” dannawá, “to know, to be acquainted with.” danná, “acquainted with any matter, intelligent.” danwanawá, “to make known.” dẹnvίma, “information; to inform or to cause to know.” dẹna, “to know.” dẹnagattá, “to know, to ascertain, find out.” dẹnagẹnma, “knowledge.” dẹna-dẹna, “consciously, knowingly.” dẹnamiti, “well informed, able to give advice.” dẹnamitikam-denawá, “to give advice, to reprove.” dẹnamitikama, “advice, warning.” dẹnamutu, see dẹnamiti. dẹnίma, “knowledge; sensation, perception, feeling, touch, sense of feeling.” dẹnum-denawá, “to give information.” dẹnuwatta, “knowingly, intentionally, designedly, with the knowledge of.” dat, “known.” datamaná, “that which ought to be (Datayutu), known, that which is proper to be known.” sawana, “name of Buddha, sacrifice, any ceremony in which offerings and oblations are presented; the ear; Elu form of sarwajña.” nẹna, “wisdom, knowledge, intellect, understanding; intelligence; Elu form of jñána.” nẹnawat, “wise, knowing, prudent.” nẹnasara, “wisdom, knowledge, great wisdom; scholar, pandit, learned man.” vijñapti, “(before, jñá to know, causal form) information; representation, respectful communication of information or opinion on any subject.” vijñána, “knowledge, science, learning, general acquaintance with science and literature.” vijñéya, “cognizable, comprehensible, what is or may be known or understood.” viññatti, “asking, entreating, solicitation; intimation, whether by signs or speech: Páli form of vijñapti.” viññáṇa, “understanding; mind, intellect, the faculty of reason; Páli form of vijñána.” viññáta, “known, comprehended, understood; learned, acquired.” viññu, “learned man, pandit, scholar.” niññéya, see vijñéya. sajñá, “name, appellation; gesture; sign, gesticulation; thought, mind, intellect: technical name of any grammatical affix.” sajñákaraṇawá, “to make signs, to beckon.” sajñaka, “apprehended, comprehended; marked, signed.” sajñapti, see sajñápana. sajñápana, “apprising, informing.” sajñáwa, “sign, mark, token; gesture, gesticulation, indication of sentiment, etc. by gesture, hint, intimation; any grammatical term; technical name of any affix, etc.” sajñita, “(sajñá mark, ita affix) marked, spotted, signed; called.” sajñί, “marked, signed; known.” anudat, “permitted, consented, (Anudanná), allowed.” anudannáladdé, “a thing sanctioned.” anudanwanawá, “to cause to consent or permit.” abhijña, “(very, knowledge), profound knowledge, supernatural acquirements, used chiefly to express the five kinds of knowledge acquired by the Rahats or Buddhistical ascetics; viz.- 1. The power to assume any shape; 2. Supernatural hearing, by which words or sounds however low can be heard at any distance; 3. The power of knowing the hearts of others; 4. The knowledge of men’s condition in a former state of existence; 5. The power of seeing objects at any distance, having known, become cognizant of.” abhiññá, “Páli form of abhijñá.” ana, “command, an order, authority; in Páli books it means sound: more correctly aṇa.” ana-karaṇawá, “to order, to command: more correctly aṇakaraṇawá.” ana-kiyanawá, “prohibit, to threaten: more correctly aṇa-kiyanawá.” parijñána, “(emphatic, knowledge) universal knowledge; comprehending, understanding.” paṇata, “institute.” pẹṇa, “question, demand, Elu form of praṣna; intricate question, puzzle; Elu form of prajñá wisdom, knowledge, cleverness, ability, skill, discernment, judgement.” pẹṇa-ẹsa, “(wisdom, eye) understanding, intellect, skill, ability.” pẹṇawat, “wise, learned, well informed.” pẹṇasara, “great learning, extensive or profound knowledge, wisdom; wise man, scholar, sage; wise, extensively intelligent.” prajñapta, “(before, jñapa make known) appointed, fixed, determined, settled, as a low or statute.” prajñaptiya, “sermons, discourses and institutes of Buddha.” prajñá, “(before or much, to know) wisdom, knowledge, understanding.” prajñá-chaksusaya, “(intelligence, chakshus eye) name of a wise and celebrated king.” prajñána, “(before or much, knowledge) wisdom, skill, cleverness, learning, knowledge; wise, learned.” prajñá-nétra, “(knowledge, eye) understanding, intellect; quick apprehension, discernment, or discrimination of mind.” prajñáwa, “wisdom, skill, cleverness, learning, knowledge.” prajñáwanta, “wise, learned, skilful, clever, knowing.” prajñá-hina, “(wisdom, void of) unwise, silly, ignorant.” prajñin, “sage, scholar, pandit, learned man.” pratijñá, “(mutually, to know) assent, promise, agreement, engagement; admission; acknowledgment; proposition, the assertion to be proved.” pratijñáta, “(mutually, known) propounded; promised, agreed.” pratijñána, “(mutually, before, knowledge) promise, agreement, engagement; perception, conception.” pratijñá-patra, “bond, written contract.” pratijñáwa, see pratijñá. pratijñéya, “proclaimer of rank and titles.” sampajána, “knowledge, acquaintance.” samjñá, “name, appellation; fame, reputation.” haṉdunanawá, “to know, to be intimate or acquainted with.” san, “sign, mark.” sana, “mark, sign.” vijánana, “practical knowledge, experience.” samájñá, “fame, reputation.”